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Theory of Constraints, DevOps, Agile, Cynefin, TRIZ, Cybertruck VIN 004603. Doctor of Engineering. Retired Boeing Associate Technical Fellow.

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.@cybertruck drove me up the highest maintained road in the state of Washington yesterday.

ScottButton2's tweet image. .@cybertruck drove me up the highest maintained road in the state of Washington yesterday.
ScottButton2's tweet image. .@cybertruck drove me up the highest maintained road in the state of Washington yesterday.

Who knows someone that owns a Tesla in Fairbanks Alaska? I have a friend that’s interested in purchasing one. Concerned about lack of a service center there.


Doing the work.

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ScottButton2's tweet image. Doing the work.

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Sad news: I learned today that famed Boeing engineer John Hart-Smith died this week in his native Australia John was a humble, gentle man with a brilliant and tough intellect. In 2001 he presented a daring paper to Boeing leadership critiquing their ruinous outsourcing strategy

One of the first stories I wrote for the Seattle Times: about the famous internal paper written by top Boeing engineer John Hart-Smith critiquing management's mania for outsourcing. archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=…



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I have never "peeked" under the hood of an IDE before, but as an old systems programmer I always wondered how IDEs did the language magic they do, like autocompletion. Learning @zeddotdev I find that it's because of Language Server Protocol, which came from Microsoft Visual…

4thWaveStevie's tweet image. I have never "peeked" under the hood of an IDE before, but as an old systems programmer I always wondered how IDEs did the language magic they do, like autocompletion.

Learning @zeddotdev I find that it's because of Language Server Protocol, which came from Microsoft Visual…

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Truth-seekers take feedback from nature (planes have to fly), free markets (customers have to buy), or competition (militaries have to win). Consensus-seekers take feedback from people (actors want fans, academics want honors, politicians want votes, journalists want status).


#GrokAI works well for explaining statistical test results. x.com/i/grok/share/j…


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much easier debug!

A @GrugBrainedDev inspired refactor here. Easier debug!

dcmayo's tweet image. A @GrugBrainedDev inspired refactor here. Easier debug!
dcmayo's tweet image. A @GrugBrainedDev inspired refactor here. Easier debug!


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Echo! (I’ve decided to start sharing on X again. The last time I did this it was called something else, and worth 3x as much). Any advice? What’s the best way to help people on X?


Mammutus clouds over Snohomish County, WA this morning.

ScottButton2's tweet image. Mammutus clouds over Snohomish County, WA this morning.
ScottButton2's tweet image. Mammutus clouds over Snohomish County, WA this morning.

Electric Leaf blowing

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We are back on Earth and look forward to sharing the results and our experiences with all of you. The scientists and doctors rightfully own all of our time for the next few days, but I did want to share a few thoughts as I reflect on our mission and what we set out to accomplish.…

rookisaacman's tweet image. We are back on Earth and look forward to sharing the results and our experiences with all of you. The scientists and doctors rightfully own all of our time for the next few days, but I did want to share a few thoughts as I reflect on our mission and what we set out to accomplish.…

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Have you heard of Conway's Law? It's an interesting observation about the root cause of why large organizations usually make products worse. In 1967 Melvin Conway wrote "Organizations which design systems are constrained to produce designs which are copies of the communication…

wmorrill3's tweet image. Have you heard of Conway's Law? It's an interesting observation about the root cause of why large organizations usually make products worse. 

In 1967 Melvin Conway wrote "Organizations which design systems are constrained to produce designs which are copies of the communication…
wmorrill3's tweet image. Have you heard of Conway's Law? It's an interesting observation about the root cause of why large organizations usually make products worse. 

In 1967 Melvin Conway wrote "Organizations which design systems are constrained to produce designs which are copies of the communication…

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How do we design effective and safe APIs? APIs have increasingly become the backbone of modern software. To understand some of the key principles and best practices of API design, Let's analyze a social media platform example: 🔹 Resource naming Clarity is key when creating…

NikkiSiapno's tweet image. How do we design effective and safe APIs?

APIs have increasingly become the backbone of modern software.

To understand some of the key principles and best practices of API design, Let's analyze a social media platform example:

🔹 Resource naming

Clarity is key when creating…

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@Tesla @tesla_na @TeslaCharging Let’s Get it done!!

Let’s get some superchargers on the North Cascade Hwy (20) through Winthrop Washington. This is a very popular route for weekend travelers. This loop “Cascade Loop” cannot be completed with no chargers on Hwy 20. This area has been ignored for far too long.

CyberMikeOG's tweet image. Let’s get some superchargers on the North Cascade Hwy (20) through Winthrop Washington. This is a very popular route for weekend travelers. This loop “Cascade Loop” cannot be completed with no chargers on Hwy 20. This area has been ignored for far too long.


Curiosity trumps ego if you can let it.

There's a common misperception that since lots of intellectuals hold beliefs like “sex is a spectrum”, therefore these beliefs must have some validity. But intellectuals are not immune to delusion; they are in fact particularly vulnerable to it. I explain here (sound on):



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Discipline can fix 90% of your problems.


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Join the RE+ Clean Energy Job Fair at #REplus24, hosted by @GRID and @WRISEnergy, to connect with top talent from across the renewable energy sector. Register and learn more about tabling options: replusjobfair.eventbrite.com

SEIA's tweet image. Join the RE+ Clean Energy Job Fair at #REplus24, hosted by @GRID and @WRISEnergy, to connect with top talent from across the renewable energy sector.

Register and learn more about tabling options: replusjobfair.eventbrite.com

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